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A domain knowledge driven approach for user interface software development

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A domain knowledge driven user interface development approach is described. As a conceptual design of the user interface, the domain knowledge defines the user interface in terms of objects, actions and their relationships that the user would use to interact with the application system. It also serves as input to a user interface management system (UIMS) and is the kernel of the target user interface. The principal ideas and the implementation techniques of the approach is discussed. The user interface model, user interface designer oriented high-level specification notation, and the transformation algorithms on domain knowledge are presented.

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  1. Wang Haiying

    Present address: Dept of Computing Science, Univ. of Alberta, T6G2H1, Edmonton, Canada

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  1. CAD Laboratory, Institute of Computing Technology, Academia Sinica, 100080, Beijing

    Wang Haiying & Liu Shenquan

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The project is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China

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Wang, H., Liu, S. A domain knowledge driven approach for user interface software development. J. of Comput. Sci. & Technol. 6, 145–152 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02945365

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